Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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TABLE 1. Showing the Sub-District Epidemic Mortality in 1856.
Sub-Districts of Bethnal Green. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. | Total of Epidemics | Per centage to Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hackney Road. | 2 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 17 | 18 | 102 | |
Green. | 5 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 44 | 118 | 20.2 |
Church. | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 26 | 83 | |
Town. | 8 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 82 | |
Totals. | 21 | 38 | 58 | 85 | 76 | 107 | 385 | 20.2 |